Our mission
is to provide our clients with professional technical services of the highest
quality and with personal attention that only a small firm can truly provide.
Within this framework, the five principles guiding our way of doing business
are:

Provide sound,
competent technical assistance to our clients.

Provide products
and services of the highest quality. We strive to be thorough, complete,
clear, and accurate in all of our endeavors.

Practice in
an ethically sound way, by avoiding conflicts of interest, providing unbiased
advice and analysis, being truthful and complete, and protecting our clients’
lawful interests.

Ensure that
our clients receive good value for their investment.

Be responsive,
personable, professional, and courteous in all interactions.

PERSONNEL

Michael
H. deLeon, MSME - President, Consultant

Experience:

Mike
deLeon has been an independent consultant since 1998. He has over
20 years' experience in a broad range of industry, manufacturing, university
research, and consulting, including: design and analysis of solar thermal
equipment, development of train brake computer models and simulation software;
failure modes and effects analyses (FMEA/FMECA) for train brake equipment;
system design and analysis of electronically-controlled braking systems
for freight trains; parametric sensitivity analysis for brake control valves;
design of experiments methodology; analysis of patents; project management;
technical papers covering research on air brakes and computer modeling
for freight trains; development of elevator motion controls; noise and
vibration control, electronic design, and manufacturing process planning.
He also has experience in audio systems, sound reinforcement, property
management, maintenance, construction, general contracting, residential
heating, and energy conservation.

Education:

M.S. Mechanical
Engineering-
University of New Hampshire
• advanced controls
and computational modeling of non-linear systems